REAL couponing - not extreme couponing - in Wisconsin's Northwoods. We hunt down the coupon and sales deals to save 30% to 70% or more using the tips and advice posted here - no orange jacket or hunting license required!

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Each photo above accurately represents $100 worth of merchandise. The "On Sale" photo is also approximately what you would spend at Walmart. This is a 100% real photo representation, because I saved my receipts over a few months and then added all of the items retail, sale and after coupon prices then collected them from my own shelves.

All of the merchandise in the bottom photo would have been $330 buying full retail and $230 buying at the sale price at the time I bought it. I paid just $100 for everything you see in that photo. That is a 70% savings off retail and a 57% additional savings off of the sale price just by stocking up during sales using coupons!

Disclosure of Material Connection: Links in the post above may be “affiliate links.” This means if you click on the link and print a coupon, I will receive a small affiliate commission. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials.” Thank you for your support!

Followers

About the Author

Hi! My name is Kristin and I'm a work-at-home mom in Antigo, Wisconsin. My husband and I moved to the Northwoods from Southeastern Wisconsin in 2009 and we love it here! The small town life and a lower cost of living is exactly what we wanted.

Unfortunately, the economy hasn't been the greatest and to make ends meet, I started hunting for ways to lower our monthly food and household supply costs. Inspired by the "reality" TV show on TLC, "Extreme Couponing," I started researching using coupons as a way to save money. I found out that the TV show was more fun fantasy than reality, but I still found ways to cut our $800+ monthly bill down to just $50-$100 a week!

My husband thought I was a little crazy, but I said to him, "Just like you provide for the family and have fun hunting game, I provide and have fun hunting deals!" (Then he got it!)

So, he's a Northwoods deer hunter and I'm a Northwoods deal hunter!

But every time I'm at the store, I see people spending WAY more than they should be on food and supplies. I've even stopped people to tell them that there is a coupon for the item they're buying or that the one they are buying isn't as good of a deal as another and handed out extra coupons. And I always seem to run into another Northwoods Deal Hunter in the store.

So, I've started this site as a resource for my Northwoods neighbors, to help them find the deals and save like I do!